Patents by Inventor Heiko Hertrich

Heiko Hertrich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
    Patent number: 7322361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco rod of a smoking product, wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the tobacco rod is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Horst Grzonka, Heiko Hertrich
  • Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
    Publication number: 20040182405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco rod of a smoking product, wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the tobacco rod is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: Horst Grzonka, Heiko Hertrich
  • Device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
    Patent number: 6745778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is formed, as well as to a device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), comprising a means by which the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: Horst Grzonka, Heiko Hertrich
  • Apparatus and system for handling banderoles
    Patent number: 6488142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a banderole handling device including at least one cassette arranged for supplying banderoles to a banderoling machine, a closure for the discharge end of each cassette and including a cassette support, wherein each cassette is arranged substantially vertically at the cassette support and is positionable above a banderole feeder chute of the banderoling machine. In addition, the invention relates to device for arresting a cassette including banderoles relative to a banderole feeder chute of a banderoling machine, including a closure for the discharge opening of the cassette wherein the closure is configured so that it is accommodated in a receiving portion arranged in a fixed position relative to the banderoling machine or banderole feeder chute during its opening operation. The invention relates further to a system for filling cassettes with stacks of banderoles, in which the cassettes are filled by means of a banderole stack feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: British-American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Herrmann, Thomas Jung, Rolf Kramp, Norbert Schulte, Wolfgang Wurf, Heiko Hertrich
  • Method and device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
    Publication number: 20020078970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is formed, as well as to a device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), comprising a means by which the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Horst Grzonka, Heiko Hertrich